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By Saio Marrah

The Parliament of Sierra Leone is set to summon the Minister of Basic and Senior School Education (MBSSE), Dr. Moinina David Sengeh, to explain the mass failure in the West Africa Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSE) 2020.

Suggestions by lawmakers for to demand for an explanation from Dr. Sengeh came after a Member of Parliament noted that no candidate in the entire Kono District had a university entry requirement.

By Abass Jalloh

The indefinite industrial action by the Academic Staff Association of the University of Sierra Leone (ASA-USL) has left many students dispirited over the impact on the second semester examinations.

The strike came after the association in a press statement on November 18 expressed dissatisfaction over the failure of the Government to adhere to the 100% salary adjustment in the 2021 budget as agreed.

By Francis H. Murray

State defendants in the Court of Appeal matter between convicted former defence Minister Alfred Paolo Conteh and the State have objected to the appeal being heard on grounds of lack of jurisdiction.

Addressing a three member panel of judges: Ansumana Ivan Sesay, Bintu Aladi and Tonia Barnet on Tuesday 25^th November State counsel Joseph A. K Sesay said the appellant in filing the notice of appeal, failed to comply with the relevant procedure in seeking leave of the court to hear the matter.

By Lamin Idriss Conteh (Cazorla)

Two men, one of them a Member of Parliament, are locked in what is turning out to be a protracted dispute over a piece of land situated at Baw Baw in the Western Rural district.

Francis Kaikai, a U.S army veteran and Benjamin Turay, Member of Parliament for Constituency 128 in the Wilberforce area, are both claiming ownership of the piece of land, which is actually located within an undisputed plot of land belonging to Mr KaiKai.

By Saio Marrah

The parliamentary leader of the opposition National Grand Coalition (NGC), Dr. Kandeh Yumkella, has called for a truly independent National Peace and Cohesion Commission.

Yumkella, who is popularly known as KKY, made this call in the Well of Parliament on Tuesday, 17^th November. He was speaking during the debate on the bill designed to establish the commission, titled: “The Independent Commission for Peace and National Cohesion Act 2020.”

By Abass Jalloh

The Academic Staff Association of the University of Sierra Leone (ASA-USL) has expressed dissatisfaction over Government’s failure to honour a 100% salary adjustment agreement in the just presented 2020 budget.

The raised the concern in a press statement issued on Wednesday, 18^th November.

By Mabinty M. Kamara

The President of Women in the Media Sierra Leone (WIMSAL), Prosper Godwin Femi Jarrett-Coker, has called on female journalists in Sierra Leone to speak with one voice if their voices are to be heard.

The WIMSAL President made this call at a meeting organised at the SLAJ headquarters in commemoration of the organization's 13^th anniversary on the 20^th of November.